Mehul Choksi and Rishi Agarwal top the list of those who received “muft ki revdi,” tweeted Varun Gandhi

Team Clarion

NEW DELHI – BJP MP Varun Gandhi has given a list of defaulters in a tweet in Hindi taking a swipe at the government on Saturday over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “muft ke revdi” (freebies) comment against the Opposition parties, saying that Mehul Choksi and Rishi Agarwal top the list of those who received “muft ki revdi.”

Sharing a government reply in Parliament about the top 10 defaulter firms Varun said loans up to Rs 10 lakh crore of corrupt businessmen were waived in the last five years. Choksi and Agarwal are associated with two of those firms.

“The same Parliament that expects the poor to express thanks at receiving five kg grains also says bad loans of Rs 10 lakh crore of corrupt businessmen have been waived in the last five years. Who has the first right over the government treasury?” Gandhi asked in the tweet.

He was apparently referring to another BJP MP’s remarks during a debate in Parliament that Modi has been providing free foodgrains to 80 crore poor people since the Covid-19 outbreak. The government deserves praise for this, the MP had said.